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Webster 1913 Edition
Melopoeia
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Melˊo-pœ′ia
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
μέλοσ
song + ποιεῖν
to make.] (Mus.)
The art of forming melody; melody; – now often used for a melodic passage, rather than a complete melody.
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melopoeia
melopoeia
See also: melopœia
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melopoeia (countable and uncountable, plural melopoeiae or melopoeias)